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• The one thing finished in this hasty world. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Cathedral
• In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
  -- James Russell Lowell...
• The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Longing...
• Earth's biggest country 's gut her soul, An' risen up earth's greatest nation.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, Second Series, The Courtin', No. vii...
• Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Cathedral
• Not failure, but low aim, is crime. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
• Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame
  Ev'y thin' thet' s done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same....
• And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect day
  Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays....
• A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Garfield...